Dish drainer



vMaw 29, 1923. 1,456,803.

- J. D. JUDKINS` DISH DRAINER Filed Nov. s, 1919 Patented May 29, '1923.

JOHN D. JUDKINS, or SAN priced-CALIFORNIA. Y y

DISH DRA'INER.

Application led November 3, 1919. Serial No. 335,521.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN D. JUDKINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at 639 E St., San Diego, county of San Diego,and

State of California, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Dish Drainers of which the following is a specification.

An object of the invention is the provision of a dish drainer that may be arranged on a wall or other substantially flat vertical surface in which dishes to be drained may be supported in a substantially vertical position, spaced from each other. g

l Another object of this invention is to pro- 16 vide a dish rack, in a convenient place to receive and retain said dishes, etc.,y while being rinsed by a shower of hot water.

With these and other objectsvin view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as willbe hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in kthe appended claim, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, materials used, and minor details may be made within the scope of the claim without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages 0f the invention. i

In the drawings, Fig. 1 shows in plan, a lavatory with the dry-rack in position.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof. l

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 3 3, Fig. l, showing the location 'of the cut-off valve, the over-flow outlet and showing the dry-rack 4: in position.

Referring in detail to the' drawings, the letter A designates generally a sanitary bowl or vessel preferably made of cast iron, the interior surfaces thereof being coated with white enamel, the bowl being provided with a back B extending upwardly therefromfa vconsiderable distance. The usual hot and cold water spigots C may be arranged above the upper edge of the back and adapted to deliver water into the bowl. A cutoff valve l is arranged in the outlet 2 of the bowl, the outlet pipe being coveredv by a strainer 3 to prevent coarse materials from entering the 50 pipe and clogging the cutoff. An overow pipe 4 is connected at its lower end to the drain or waste-pipe, and communicates with the bowl near the top as at 5. The drying rack, which is employed for rinsing and drying dishes, consists of a wire basket supported above the basin or sink by suitable supporting mechanism. As shown, I-bolts s 7 are secured in the back B of the basin and are adapted to receive hooks v8 carried by the basket. The front l0 of the basket diverges upwardly and outwardly (see Figure 3) and is formed of relatively close longitudinal wires l1 and spaced transverse wires l transverse wiresl. As shown in'Figure 1 of the drawings, the back edges of the ends same vertical plane whereby the drainer may and bottom are arranged insubstantially the.` l

be arranged in front of a substantially flat vertical wall and the wall form the back of the drainer.

After the dishes have been washed, they may be arranged in the basket 6, rinsed and then permittedto dry. A suitable amount of clean water` may be arranged inthe basin, the water line being indicated at 9 in Fig-y ures Zand 3 of the drawings. As shown, the water line is arranged below the bottom of the basket so that the dishes do not eX- tend into the water. The dishes ymay be sprinkled with clean water vfrom the basin and then permitted to drain. y l' The spaces between the; wires 11 'and `12 are sufficiently large to permit portions of the dishes to project throughthem. By in- Yclining the front wall of the.' basket, the

dishes may be supported'in substantially vertical planes v and slightly spaced from each other, whereby they may be more effectually drained. f'

Having thus described my invention, what.

I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is*

A dish drainer lcomprising a basket woven wirehaving a Ifront walll and end,` walls inclined outwardly toward the top and having a bottom, the bottom and front wall A being formed of relatively close longitudi-V nal wires and transverse wires spaced 'substantally far apart forming relatively long, tially flat vertical surface, and the surface narrow mesh openings whereby the lower serve as a back for said drainer.

ed es of the dishes within the basket ma prject therethrough, the rear edges of the JOHN D' JUDINS' end walls and bottom being arranged in sub- In presence ofstantally the same vertical plane, whereby V. J. HOUSTON, said draner may be hung against a substan- D. L. NOBLE. 

